League Two Average Home Attendances

Quoted from DB

Allowing for sunny Saturdays and cold Tuesday nights I think the average will be between 6,000 and 6,500

If we are doing well, if there is ST buy back operation and if part of the Osmond is open to home fans for most game, we will be at circa 7k; 6.5k home fans and average circa 500 away. Alot of ifs there, but we averaged 2k home walk-ups last season, unless our form is dire the only reason we won't average at least 1500 home walk-ups this season is lack of availability.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

If we are doing well, if there is ST buy back operation and if part of the Osmond is open to home fans for most game, we will be at circa 7k; 6.5k home fans and average circa 500 away. Alot of ifs there, but we averaged 2k home walk-ups last season, unless our form is dire the only reason we won't average at least 1500 home walk-ups this season is lack of availability.

But surely some of last season's walk-ups have now bought season tickets, which may reduce the walk-ups this season. I'm not being negative but I think it is a fair point to consider. Of course, the promotion may get a few more fans, old and new, back to BP as walk-ups.

Quoted from DB

But surely some of last season's walk-ups have now bought season tickets, which may reduce the walk-ups this season. I'm not being negative but I think it is a fair point to consider. Of course, the promotion may get a few more fans, old and new, back to BP as walk-ups.

No doubt, but we'll get new walk-ups and, probably more significantly, shift workers / exiles who go more this season than last. Even in our darkest times we averaged 1000 walk-ups.

Our normal walk ups when we’re doing well will now be our new season ticket holders I would imagine.

Quoted from oochiad

Our normal walk ups when we’re doing well will now be our new season ticket holders I would imagine.

Not just when we are doing well. Regulars like myself and my brother, who didn't waver when times were bad, but didn't buy a season ticket, have gone back to having one.

I know a few fans like that, who swore they were giving up, didn't commit to a season ticket, but kept on going anyway as they couldn't keep away. It was a sort of half ar$ed protest, pretending to yourself that you were withdrawing your support, but ending up putting more money into the club over the season by purchasing full priced tickets every game anyway; all the time hoping that things would get better on and off the pitch and buying a season ticket again would be the norm.

It just makes more sense to have a ST now, with the club being run competently and us finding it increasingly difficult to get seats where we wanted them last season. It was never a problem previously, as you could rock up at the ticket office 10 mins before the game and buy your seat of choice.

We are now back in our regular spot more or less, along with one or two others who have gone down the same route.

I'll be very suprised if we don't sell out the home end for the first few games on the season..
Depending on results I can't see why we won't continue it throughout if we've hit the ground running.

It certainly looks like we should be in the top 6 or 7 in the division attendance wise.

Interesting that Northampton only managed just over 5k despite being close to automatic promotion. Makes you wonder how they can afford the allegedly high wages for Fox that we just could not complete with. Hardly seems a sustainable model. These things tend not to end well.

Quoted from RonMariner

It certainly looks like we should be in the top 6 or 7 in the division attendance wise.

Interesting that Northampton only managed just over 5k despite being close to automatic promotion. Makes you wonder how they can afford the allegedly high wages for Fox that we just could not complete with. Hardly seems a sustainable model. These things tend not to end well.

Haven’t they a wealthy benefactor like Stockport, Salford etc? Cried size isn’t necessarily a reflection of where you should of shouldn’t be, nor does the inflated wages show a sign things won’t end well. I’d imagine they’ll want to push on and go up this year.

Our first home game will be hard no doubt, momentum could carry us…

I’d imagine our average home crowd to hover around 6k every game…

Quoted from aldi_01

Haven’t they a wealthy benefactor like Stockport, Salford etc? Cried size isn’t necessarily a reflection of where you should of shouldn’t be, nor does the inflated wages show a sign things won’t end well. I’d imagine they’ll want to push on and go up this year.

Our first home game will be hard no doubt, momentum could carry us…

I’d imagine our average home crowd to hover around 6k every game…

The problem comes when the wealthy benefactor gets bored with pumping cash in year after year. Ask any Scunts fan, or Rusden and Diamonds or Derby or many others.

Sensible investment is one thing, but sustainability has to come into it in the long term.

I agree with ginnywings.  We will have very good attendances.  

There is evidence that “buy a ticket on the day” fans have converted to buying season tickets.  The only way to ensure you get a seat, or 2 seats together.   (My mate and I have also bought season tickets for the first time in 30 years). As exiles night games are difficult so a season ticket was not good value before.

I suspect that the increase in STHs includes a lot of fans who go to most games anyway, but not STHs before.